Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: a new species of Centrolepis for New Zealand, Centrolepis glabra (F.Muell. ex Sonder) Hieron., and the taxonomic status of Centrolepis minima Kirk (Centrolepidaceae)

摘要

A new indigenous species is recorded for the New Zealand flora, Centrolepis glabra , found in lakes and kettlehole tarns of the inner montane basins of the South Island. Centrolepis glabra has previously been known only from Australia. A description of C. glabra based on New Zealand material and notes on habitat and distribution are provided. The name, C. minima , has been consistently misapplied to specimens referable to C. glabra , obscuring its presence in New Zealand. Centrolepis minima Kirk is determined as conspecific with C. pallida (Hook.f.) Cheeseman. The name C. pallida , first published as Gaimardia pallida Hook.f. (1853), has priority over C. minima Kirk (1891).